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[Herrmann van Hinden]

Well.... what happened.... the Designer of the Stalker has a Wife (beliefe it or not, other People HAVE a real life!), and she likes knitting and thought it would be a good idea to knit him a Catapult! Unfortunately, the woolen doll was between the other clothes when she washed them and made it into the dryer...... With a bad conscious she gave him the Catapult and he said "Oh wow, a Stalker!"..... there you go

[Goldhawk]

Hmmm. 2 Problems in which I can view right now,

1). The Stalker hopefully has laughably weak rear armor to offest the fact that it is a large Hindenburg of Firepower

2). After reading up the the varients, one of the Stalker varients can mount ECM. When I read this I got scared again.

STK-3Fb - The 3Fb variant of the Stalker carries a Guardian ECM Suite in the center torso, upgrades the large lasers to extended range versions, and adds Artemis IV fire control systems to the LRM-15s that replace the Jackson LRM-10 launchers. The SRM-6 racks are gone, and the standard heat sinks were replaced with seventeen double heat sinks.

So hopefully, the devs won't let this gargantuan beast have ECM, otherwise, death will come swiftly for many....

Oh, and for light mechs, watch out for the alternative.....
STK-3Fk - A unit used by the 4th Sword of Light, this variant of the Stalker replaces the heat sinks with Double Heat Sinks, adds Artemis IV FCS to the LRM 10 launchers, and replaces the SRM-6 packs with four Streak SRM-2 systems.

So even after mounting 4 Streak 2 packs, you can still put 2 more if you replace the LRM 10. I am scared now, I'm going to put my Commando and my Raven into retirement after this coming patch.

Hell, maybe I'll go Catapult.... Yuk Yuk Yuk.....

[Blackfang]

ApheX, on 13 December 2012 - 05:29 AM, said:

LOL! I think my joke was missed.

Just re-read LOL, yes I missed that the first time around (not sure how I'm usually quite good with subtle humour - long week maybe haha).

[Vasces Diablo]

I don't care what it looks like in game...I'll be inside it.

I'll be sure to wave at your smoking carcass as I stomp by.

[Pando]

I like the new design.

[PPO Kuro]

ApheX, on 13 December 2012 - 05:29 AM, said:

LOL! I think my joke was missed.

Stalking ftw!

Goldhawk, on 13 December 2012 - 05:44 AM, said:

Hmmm. 2 Problems in which I can view right now,

1). The Stalker hopefully has laughably weak rear armor to offest the fact that it is a large Hindenburg of Firepower

2). After reading up the the varients, one of the Stalker varients can mount ECM. When I read this I got scared again.

STK-3Fb - The 3Fb variant of the Stalker carries a Guardian ECM Suite in the center torso, upgrades the large lasers to extended range versions, and adds Artemis IV fire control systems to the LRM-15s that replace the Jackson LRM-10 launchers. The SRM-6 racks are gone, and the standard heat sinks were replaced with seventeen double heat sinks.

So hopefully, the devs won't let this gargantuan beast have ECM, otherwise, death will come swiftly for many....

Oh, and for light mechs, watch out for the alternative.....
STK-3Fk - A unit used by the 4th Sword of Light, this variant of the Stalker replaces the heat sinks with Double Heat Sinks, adds Artemis IV FCS to the LRM 10 launchers, and replaces the SRM-6 packs with four Streak SRM-2 systems.

So even after mounting 4 Streak 2 packs, you can still put 2 more if you replace the LRM 10. I am scared now, I'm going to put my Commando and my Raven into retirement after this coming patch.

Hell, maybe I'll go Catapult.... Yuk Yuk Yuk.....

Lol well the streak variant will just have to be kept at an distance of 280-300. Not like the Stalker is fast or anything. So avoiding it shouldn't be a problem.

[Capt Cole 117]

What has become of FD's beautiful work? WHY???? WHY???

[Thorn Blackwell]

I like the way it looks ... it's better than the walking ***** it used to be.

[Crazycajun]

Derpy Derpy Derpy is all im hearing. ..

i like it...let it stay

[repete]

Can we be honest here. This does not obey the laws of physics:

Edited by repete, 13 December 2012 - 06:10 PM.

[Bagheera]

Goldhawk, on 13 December 2012 - 05:44 AM, said:

2). After reading up the the varients, one of the Stalker varients can mount ECM. When I read this I got scared again.

The -3Fb is not the same mech as the -3F (you'll note that is the designation of the stock Stalker in the sarna sidebar where you pulled that quote). Fairly likely we'll be getting the straight up F, not the sub-variant b or k models.

Of course that won't stop people from loading them with streaks and srms.

[Kiiyor]

Thorn Hallis, on 13 December 2012 - 02:02 AM, said:

Well, they made the Centurion into a Cylon bodybuilder and didn't changed it....so chances are slim for a redesign.

Best
Mental
Image
Ever.

I must now create a petition to have betty's voice in the centurion changed to that of AHNOLD.

ONE LINERS!

"Incoming mizziles. You need to seek some cover, weed"

"A-A-A-A-A-A-A (Ahnold laugh) - Dat splatterd de robot everywheah! It was... disgaussting!"

"GET TO DE DROPSHIIIIIIP"

And instead of alarms blazing when you're at critical damage, it needs to blare out that freakish noise Arnie makes when he's getting hurt. The one that sounds like a yak being strangled.

Screw it, i'm buying a cent. There was a thread around here somewhere about editing Betty's voice....

[repete]

Kiiyor, on 13 December 2012 - 07:07 PM, said:

I must now create a petition to have betty's voice in the centurion changed to that of AHNOLD ONE LINERS!

It's not a tooma.

Kiiyor, on 13 December 2012 - 07:07 PM, said:

Screw it, i'm buying a cent. There was a thread around here somewhere about editing Betty's voice....

Aw man. I need to find that. I want a real BITCHIN Betty, like I will pay cash money for a Bitchin Betty that abuses me during the game. :-)

Edited by repete, 13 December 2012 - 07:27 PM.

[Marcus Tanner]

Clearly this Stalker doesn't look enough like a Johnson.

Also, it's not a stalker if the missiles don't hit the torso on the way out.

Edited by Marcus Tanner, 13 December 2012 - 08:15 PM.

[ManDaisy]

Hmm? What are you talking about get some glasses. How are missiles gonna hit the torso?

[Marcus Tanner]

It might be hard to tell from the picture, but the stalker mini has a torso that bulges out in the middle, which in personal inspection of the miniature certainly looks like it gets in the way of the missile launcher.

The MWO stalker doesn't have that bulge in the torso, which is both far more sensible and far less funny.

[Azalie]

I feel that the torso or 'nose' should be elongated to look more like a true Stalker. However I am also aware this would make it an easy target so in actuality I'd rather the design remain as is.

And for all of you moaning about the legs....look it up. The legs of the Stalker bend both directions. I can only hope that they do when it walks in MWO...but we'll see.

[ManDaisy]

Everything is fine its just the damn micky mouse ears that ****** me off.

[Indoorsman]

First off, this thread is proof that people will find SOMETHING to complain about/you can't make EVERYONE happy.

ManDaisy, on 12 December 2012 - 10:34 PM, said:

Also: the cataphract had its arm movement reduced to avoid clipping, why no so make it the same for the stalker if this is the issue. I'd rather have a stalker then a bigger catapult.

So you're saying you'd rather have the stalker not be as good so that it can look prettier?

[Deathz Jester]

Your name is ManDaisy, you're not allowed to ***** about sillyness.

Edited by Iron Harlequin, 13 December 2012 - 10:11 PM.